Answer: In eight raised beds, built last Friday at the David Crohan Community Center in Flanders. Southampton Town Councilwoman Christine Scalera, seen at right with Chris Sheldon and Elizabeth Takakjian from Cornell Cooperative Extension, spearheaded a community garden build day at the Flanders plot in collaboration with the Family Health and Wellness Program area of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County....more>

The Paumanock Challenge was held last Friday. Two hardy hikers, Andy Drake and Brandon Baird walked the entire East Hampton Town length of the trail, from Wainscot to the lighthouse at Montauk Point....more>

The Independent has learned David Betts, who ran unsuccessfully for Southampton Town Highway Superintendent last fall and has helmed ordinance enforcement for the town for several years, will be moving east....more>

Dancers invariably set their sights on one elusive goal: a wild weekend in Vegas. Let us rephrase that: young ballerinas from Studio East are trying to raise enough funds to attend and compete at the Hall of Fame National Dance Competition in Las Vegas come July....more>

Horoscope

Week of April 16 through 23 We are in an intense time of the year for all the signs this month. Stargazers and seers have been looking ahead to this time period and noting its exceptional planetary activity....more>

Gallery Walk

Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to Jessica@indyeastend.com. People, Places, Things "People, Places, Things," an art exhibition and sale to raise awareness and funds for the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research will take place this weekend at Ashawagh Hall in Springs....more>

Sweet Charities

Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@indyeastend.com. ARF Thrift Shop A spring antique wicker sales event at ARF Thrift Shop in Sagaponack will take place Saturday through April 25....more>

And there it was, the threat we've been expecting. This week a lawyer for PSEG predicted summer brownouts should its work in East Hampton Town stall. That wasn't enough to sway a judge who upheld the town's eleventh hour stop work order targeting the ugly Amagansett substation project....more>

For the first time since 1994, the Masters didn't feature either Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson on the weekend. Last week I wrote about the importance of the sport, and TV executives, to figure out how to handle the post-Tiger era....more>

Fresh Ideas Letter to the Editor, I find the subject of your editorial "An Interesting Suggestion" (4/9/14) of great concern. While I do not disagree that "the existing [primary] system is rife with patronage and inside dealing (possibly a reflection of overall politics and politicians today?), I do not believe that "open primaries" as proposed by Assemblyman Thiele will solve the problems you both raise....more>